The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-31
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
Pretty near time for turtle eggs on the
coast.
The ietties at Solusia bar have been COM
pleted.
New Smyrna is making another effort to
incorporate.
The Daytona Band has procured fine,
new instruments.
Seven million dollars is the assessment of
property III Orange county.
Another regatta will take place at Ole
ander Point, Indian river, July !.
The Live Oak City Council has appropri-
ated $500 towards finishing the artesian
well.
The markets are glutted with Strawberries
in DeLand, which are selling at l0c. per
quart.
Plenty of huckleberries now in the Gaines
vile market, and the local newspaper men
are happy.
The Florida Southern freight trains con-
tinue to enter Ocala in three sections on ac-
count of the heavy grade.
The young corn crops in the vicinity of
Lake Helen are reported to be in a thrifty
and tiourishing condition.
The Lakeland Nelrs is no more, but from
its ashes arises the Florida Cracker, more
euphonious if not newsy title.
A Jacksonville perfumery firm recently
bought 5S2 pounds of cape iassamine bios
sons The price paid is not stated.
President Demons, Of the Orange Belt
railway, was in Sanford yesterday in re-
gard to that roads coming into the Gate
City.
John i. Hartridge, one of the leading law
yers of Jacksonville, will address the grad
uating class of the East Florida Seminary,
June Z.
The st. Augustine merchants will close
their stores at d O'Clock i'll the afternoon af-
ter June l, except on Mondays and Satur-
days.
Mr.. Holly, civil engineer of the S. S. %. e.
G., has crossed the Withlacoochee river and
is running across sections and driving
grading stakes
The closing exercises of the Tampa Graded
School will commence Wednesday at the
academy at o a. III. and end Friday night at
the opera house.
Postmaster Canova is engaged in getting
up his bond, preparatory to the establish
ment of a money order office in the Green
Cove Spring post Office.
Z. d. M. Perkins, of South ApoplSa.
brought load of watermelons to Orlando
last Saturday morning He found a ready
sale for them at a good price.
1t is publicly reported that Beach & Mil
Ter, of Crescent City, who were recently
burned out, are going to build a fine two
story, iron front, brick stdferoom.
At a recent meeting of the Tampa Volun-
teer Fire Company, Editor H. J. Cooper
was elected President, G.. t. Herrick Score
taly and A. G. Weuerpel, chief engineer.
Sheriff Williams, of Marion county, ar
rested j. +. Osborne Saturday evening at
Ocala. He is wanted in Wilkes county.
Ga, for murder committed some time ago.
1t is reported that at an early date Lake
Weir will have the presence of Sam Jones,
Sam Small and John B. Culpepper for sew
cral days, at which time a series of meetings
will begin.
Mr. c. L. Dohn and Miss Mamie A. Haw-
ley, daughter of DIR. and Mrs. A. 3.
Hawley, were married mt New Smyrna on
Wednesday Of last week, Rev. j. A. Ball
administering the nuptial rite
Florida can boast the only county in the
United States composed entirely of islands.
Monroe county, since the formation of Lee
from some of its territory, now comprises
the keys and islands off the mainland.
Two Cuban gentlemen were in Lakeland
last week looking up location for "A cigar
mandatory. They expressed themselves